OpenDOSM - Malaysia River Basin Pollution Monitoring
Malaysia Department of Statistics open-data catalogue dataset on river basin pollution monitoring covering ~150 river basins, tracking BOD5, ammoniacal nitrogen and suspended solids with clean/slightly-polluted/polluted classifications. Downloadable CSV and Parquet under CC BY 4.0.
open.dosm.gov.my
At a glance
- Region
- Malaysia (Asia)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- River pollution
- BOD
- Ammoniacal nitrogen
- Suspended solids
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: River pollution
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Sampling plans
Decide where to sample and treat first.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
From satellite
Estimate turbidity and chlorophyll in lakes and rivers from imagery.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Open API base endpoint https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue (CSV/Parquet)
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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